
Hello Wanderer
Interactive audio map + sound walk
Art Prospect: festival of public art (RU)
Hybrid online/offline event
October 2020
Hello Wanderer took place in October 2020 as part of a remote/dispersed version of Art Prospect, a public art festival based in St. Petersburg, Russia. It is an interactive audio project that mapped the sounds and stories of public spaces in Melbourne during the lockdown.
Local residents contributed recordings that described public locations in their neighbourhoods—spaces they have discovered a new relationship to under COVID-19 restrictions. During the festival period, the accumulated recordings could be explored as an interactive map—either as a self-guided audio-walk or remotely from a desktop. Collectively, these audio recordings produced a sonic picture of the local neighbourhood during this time from the perspective of its inhabitants. The project aimed to create a sense of digital intimacy between participants as they listened to the recorded stories and uncovered a new way of experiencing everyday places. This is considered a dispersed form of interpersonal dialogue.







